For some reasons you want to convert your WordPress with Linux Tools into a Static Website: low level Hosting no SQL + PHP for higher Security Then open a Terminal and enter into a Text Editor: nano wp2statis.sh: #!/bin/bash wget \ –recursive \ –no-clobber \ –page-requisites \ –html-extension \ –convert-links \ –restrict-file-names=windows $url-of-site exit 0 Advantage? wget runs on most WP-Themes low Load on the convert Process Script can be used to run by Cron automaticly every Night !
Website Speed Test with Linux
If you own a Blog and want to check the Speed with your local Linux Computer use a commandline tool called curl. Open a Terminal and enter: curl -o /dev/null -s -w 'Connect: %{time_connect}\nStart Transfer: %{time_starttransfer}\nTotal: %{time_total}\n' https://www.yourdomain.de System Echos: Connect: 0,084774 Start Transfer: 0,173280 Total: 0,228651 Advantage? You will see the Website Load Time of Users at your Location (Country Area) You can check “high performance Clouds” vs. “bare metal Servers” or “virtual Hosting” You see that mostly expensive Hosting is wasted money cause “shared” IO V-Host is SLOWER! You get the real “felt” IO for Users who […]
WordPress Speed Test Optimization
If you use WordPress and you want to get better results on search engines and social media checkout: Load Speed at Google free Speed Analyser for Developer https://developers.google.com/speed/pagespeed/insights/ Reduce and Control the Plugins Reduce and Control Images at Content and Image Sizes 50-100 kb Limits Use latest PHP Version if possible 7.3 Use cached MySQL if available Result: If green your Job is done well.. cause old rule, LESS is often MORE
5G Mobile Network opens Pandora’s Box
5G will it make possible to attack mobile Devices and Cars 10 times faster Users will not recognize attacks or uploaded data the wider data bandwith will it make possible to attack much more efficient Remark: checkout if you really need this mobile network, cause slower is sometime safer against automated tools slower mobile network is cheaper disable mobile data if not neeeded to stay hidden and offline, calls option is still working
Firefox Stop Home Calls
During my last Network Monitoring found out that MANY of “free” Software calls home permanent Article: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/how-stop-firefox-making-automatic-connections .. if you want to be safe, block all OUTGOING Traffic by a Firewall or local DNS Server and use a Proxy with Auth Mechanism!
Major Bug: UFW stopped thru logrotate
On Debian Sid i have seen that ufw service is stopped on logrotate!! Its a bad known bug! Workaround: Set all Services like Dovecot, Postfix to listen on LOCALHOST (127.0.0.1) if not needed over Internet Enable ONLY encrypted AUTH (Login) to Postfix! (TLS 1.2) Disable unneeded Services ! like Samba, FTP… move config from /etc/logrotate.d/ufw to /root/ to disable ufw logrotate !! edit /etc/ufw/ufw.conf set LOGLEVEL to “off” restart the Server and check open Ports next Days from outside with: $sudo nmap -PN my.server.com
Split Files on embedded Linux Systems
If you run a embedded Linux PC like raspi often some Linux Commands fail without error messages, cause the hardware performance is low tech. Same i have seen on the split command.. to split a 50GB Photos-Archive File to 4Gb on a USB Drive i found out that: sudo split -b 4096m -d -u Photos.tgz Photos-Archive_ fix the job.. Cause option -u disable IO-Caching over the 2.0 USB Port to the RAM of the raspi that the Data of the Output Stream is written direct to the Drive.
FastGlacier Client on Linux AWS Cloud Backup
If you are a Newbie on AWS Glacier Cloud Backup you want to use a simple Backup Uploader you can use FastGlacier inside Wine! Major Info: Glacier puts only Files up to 4GB size, split 50GB Tar/Zip Files to 4GB!! Setup AWS free Account !! Go to IAM create User, set User Role to Glacier full access Write down User and Password key at IAM now go right to you loved Cloud Area like Frankfurt or Asia Setup new vault, logout.. install wine install winetricks dotnet40 Framework install FastGlacier have fun.. sudo apt-get install wine sudo apt-get install winetricks Run […]
Smartmontools unlisted Devices
If you use a Toshiba Canvio 3tb Drive at a raspi then smartmontools will not see the usb drive. Try: sudo smartctl -t long -d sat -s on /dev/sdb -t test long or short -d drive protocol sata = sat -s enforce smart which is off by the usb drive firmware wait XXX Minutes then: sudo smartctl -H -d sat -s on /dev/sdb get status..
Amazon AWS Howtos
Here some Bookmarks if you want to try Amazon AWS Cloud Services like S3 (Cloud File Storage), EC2 (VM Instances..) Howtos / Basics : https://github.com/open-guides/og-aws#aws-data-transfer-costs Remark: AWS Services mostly priced by data transfers and online time! Checkout daily “Billing Monitor” ! Amazon AWS: https://aws.amazon.com/ Remark: S3 is the Standard Cloud Storage, cheaper is S3-IA or long term Backups use “Glacier” where you first upload files to S3 and set a “Rule” on a “Bucket” move files to Glacier Long Term Backup! Amazon Admin Console: https://aws.amazon.com/de/console/ Security: Howto Create ENCRYPTED Containers for AWS on Linux? Klick At the End.. don’t forget […]
Ubuntu Snap on Bionic 18.04 Reasons
If you upgrade or install Ubuntu to 18.04 the last and current LTS Version you have may asked yourself “what the hell is snap loop device?” Easy Snap was hidden built in to print MONEY, sure?? YES see manpage snap.. ” BUY A SNAP !!” .. its a new try to get money since Amazon Shop Link implementation.. like others from Appstores.. Howto get rid off? Removing of snapd with purge app Apps by deps.. # sudo apt-get remove snapd –purge Some may ask do i need snaps? No cause most packages still live at the debian apt repository Snap […]
Openwrt LEDE ath9k bugs fixed
If you use a TP Link Router like 3600, 4300 or a other brand with ATH9K Chipset you should upgrade to OPENWRT 18.06 with Kernel 4.9 Tested: OpenWrt 18.06.0 r7188-b0b5c64c22 / LuCI openwrt-18.06 branch (git-18.210.69179-6df9a57) – Atheros AR9344 rev 2 cause: more stable less load no ath9k Wifi Lookup on high transfers Same seen on other TP Link Routers like 841 Series, remark last Version 13 not supported Hope that the Freifunk Software will be updated fast! More Information go: https://openwrt.org/
WordPress Themes SEO Rating
If you use WordPress for a Blog and you think about a Theme Change for a new Look you should now some points: Check new Themes for available Updates Check new Theme for User Feedback Check new Theme how often its downloaded, if often used Search Engines can handle the code Check the new Theme some Weeks and control active the Ranking on Search Engines (like Webmaster Tools), cause bad readable Code is ranked down or broken internal links and bookmarks can forward robots into nirvana Check the new Theme on various Browsers, Opera, Chrome, Firefox, IE, Mobile Browsers and […]
Goodby Smartphones
Today iam going offline with any of my Smarthones for Testing. Why? all current Smartphones based on nonfree Hard and Software less patched Hackers can remote force install Trojans as Updates (especially Stores by gov order) non rooted devices are black boxes rooted Images or Tools as Workarounds are often not published in which way the System OS is broken down, Hackers don’t work nonprofit ! Linux Laptops usage is often easier and much safer, you have full control and can run security tools to monitor Apps for free do always call home at background can’t control active background jobs […]
WordPress Bug Backdoor delete Files
Current a Major Bug is published up to WordPress lastest Release 4.9.6! The real Nonsense is that the WordPress Core Team did know it since Nov. 2017 !! And changes NOTHING! More Details here reported and a public review here
Outlook 2016 unsharp Fonts on Laptop Screen
If you asked for help on a new Windows 10 Laptop with Outlook 2016 cause the displayed Fonts unsharp or unclear check Outlook Settings -> Advanced -> Display -> set “disable Hardware Acceleration” for the Video Card ! or check the Subpixel Rendering of windows 10 go: Search -> Clear Type Settings -> rerun all Dialogs -> select the best readable Window with Texts Remark: Can be a Linux Problem too! Seen on some OpenOffice Setups! Checkout if installed, the advanced Video Driver Software at System Settings or beside Clock Icons! (seen at ATI)